The Central Government has appointed Abhay Kumar Singh as Joint Secretary of the recently constituted Ministry of Cooperation to reinforce the cooperative movement in the country, according to a Personnel Ministry order issued on Monday.

Abhay Singh is a 2004 batch officer of the Bihar cadre of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the newly created ministry. The appointment has been cleared by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to the order by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).

Among other reshuffles in post, Vijaya Lakshmi Nadendla, a 1995-batch IAS officer of the Bihar cadre, and Priya Ranjan, a 1998-batch Indian Forest Service officer of the Rajasthan cadre, have been appointed as joint secretaries in the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. Pramod Kumar Meherda, a 1997-batch IAS officer of the Odisha cadre, has been appointed as managing director in National Food Security Mission (NFSM) under the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare with additional charge of the post of secretary, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB). Kavita Garg, a 1999-batch Indian Defence Accounts Service officer has been named as joint secretary in the Ministry of AYUSH. Vibhu Nayar, a 1990-batch IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, was named as executive director, India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) under the Department of Commerce.

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